A Good School by Richard Yates

A Good School

Richard Yates

fiction classics contemporary reflective slow-paced

missing duration info | first published 1978

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Richard Yates, who died in 1992, is today ranked by many readers, scholars, and critics alongside such titans of modern American fiction as Updike, Roth, Irving, Vonnegut, and Mailer.In this work, he offers a spare and autumnal novel about a New E...
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Summary of 126 reviews

Moods

reflective 71%
emotional 57%
sad 57%
dark 28%
hopeful 28%
lighthearted 28%
funny 14%
informative 14%
relaxing 14%
tense 14%

Pace

medium 37%
fast 37%
slow 25%

Plot- or character-driven?

Character: 85% | A mix: 14%

Strong character development?

Yes: 57% | No: 28% | It's complicated: 14%

Loveable characters?

No: 62% | Yes: 37%

Diverse cast of characters?

No: 42% | Yes: 28% | It's complicated: 14% | N/A: 14%

Flaws of characters a main focus?

Yes: 85% | No: 14%

Average rating

3.42

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